Blair Underwood Opens Aids Clinic in D.C.

From WTOP.com:
Actor Blair Underwood cut the ribbon Thursday on an HIV/AIDS clinic bearing his name.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation opened the AHF Blair Underwood Clinic on K Street in Northwest D.C.
“It’s not about having your name on a building — it’s very flattering and I am truly honored — but it is about the work that [...]

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Check Out ‘Brick City’

I can’t bemoan negative media images, stereotypes and buffoonery without highlighting the positive. “Brick City,” executive produced by Forest Whitaker, is a five-night documentary set in Newark as the city’s mayor, Cory Booker, and residents strive to make the community a safer place. It airs all this week at 10 p.m. on the Sundance Channel. [...]

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Keeping It Positive: dead prez ‘Summertime’ Video

Here’s a new music video for “Summertime” by dead prez. Was I the only one who didn’t know dead prez had new music out? Anyways, watch and enjoy.

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Melanie Fiona Shares a Live Musical Treat

I really have been all about the music lately.
I was soo excited earlier this spring about Melanie Fiona’s debut album, which was supposed to release this summer. But, alas, it was pushed back to the early fall. She’s released a live mixtape as a teaser to “The Bridge” album. It’s a live jam session with [...]

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Keeping It Positive: K’Jon’s ‘On the Ocean’

I always give the artists I enjoy listening to a lot of love on WLLC. And if you’ve read the blog for a minute, it’s no secret that I love K’Jon’s “On the Ocean.” I love that the song actually has a message: struggling to fulfill your dreams.  And K’Jon’s personal story is inspiring. I’m really excited to see what’s in [...]

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Out There On The Ocean

 

Sometimes
It feels like
Everything
Is passin’ me by
Every now and then
It feels like (feels like)
My ship has gone and sailed away
But I
I gonna be strong (gotta be strong)
Gotta hold on
It won’t be too long
I would travel to the seven seas
(I would even go)
I would even go wherever the wind blows me
(I’ll do anything)
I’ll do anything to find [...]

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Oooh! Pretty Black People Hitting the Runway

 Traditional prints vamped up with stiletto heels and shoulder pads define the inaugural pan-African fashion week where designers from 20 countries are eyeing growth despite the global slowdown.
The recession has dulled demand for haute couture from Paris to Tokyo, but African economies are faring better than many in the West and designers hope the energy [...]

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Keeping It Positive: Give Laura Izibor a Listen

I listened to Laura Izibor’s debut album “Let the Truth Be Told” over the weekend at VH1.com. (The Web site may still have the album up for listen).  It releases in the U.S. today. The Irish soul singer’s single “From My Heart to Yours” was on constant rotation in my playlist for a minute, so I was [...]

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The Cosby Show Cast Celebrates 25 Year Anniversary

The cast of the Cosby Show reunited this week to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary. It’s sad, but I couldn’t even imagine a show like this getting the green light today.
Here are just a few of my favorite Cosby moments:

I can watch the Thanksgiving episode below over and over and it [...]

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Keeping it Positive: Showing Some Teens With Talent

While watching Kathy Griffin’s recent standup special the other day, her bit about her 80-something-year-old mom cracked me up. While staying at Kathy’s house one time, she heard Kathy coming and didn’t want her to know what she was watching. So she started cursing and scrambling around the room for the remote. (Skip to 2:30 [...]

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